|  | 4.1 | LAN Design Goals and Components
| 4.1.2 | Critical components of LAN design
With the emergence of high-speed technologies such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and more complex LAN architectures that use LAN switching and VLANs over the past several years, many organizations have been upgrading existing LANs or planning, designing, and implementing new LANs. To design LANs for high-speed technologies and multimedia-based applications, network designers should address the following critical components of the overall LAN design: The function and placement of servers Collision detection Segmentation Bandwidth versus broadcast domains These components are discussed in the following sections.
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